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Google faced rougher landscape in second quarter
Wall Street expects Google Inc to report tepid revenue growth for the second quarter on Thursday amid a tough advertising market and a sharpened attack on its business by rival Microsoft Inc .
Microsoft's Bing gains on Yahoo, Google
Microsoft Corp's market share of the U.S. Internet search market increased modestly in June, the first month that it fielded its new Bing search engine, according to the latest data from research firm ComScore.
Yahoo announces Search Pad a new Search Organizer
Yahoo Inc. announces its new Search Pad beta which will help user to capture, organize, save and share information they find while researching online.
Yahoo, NFL settle lawsuit over fantasy league
Yahoo! Inc and the National Football League's players union settled a lawsuit on Monday over whether the Web company should pay royalties for using players' data on its fantasy league game, both sides said on Tuesday.
Yahoo unveils Search Pad feature
Yahoo Inc on Tuesday unveiled a new feature called Search Pad, a solution to solve a problem that many users on the Web have: how to simplify researching online.
Yahoo Search Pad: Online tool for making and sharing Web notes
Yahoo launched a new search note feature on Tuesday that allows Yahoo searchers to take and save notes as they visit various websites.
Week ahead in Tech (July 7-11)
Yahoo to launch new search note feature on Tuesday that lets Yahoo searchers take and save notes as they visit various websites.
Web advertisers propose self-regulation principles
Online advertisers are proposing a mix of consumer education, disclosures about what information is being collected and special protections for children and sensitive information in an effort to head off tough legislation.
Google still dominates, Bing catching up
Analysis surveyed by StatCounter.com on Wednesday said Google still dominates the search engine markets despite its slide back from April from 79.07 to 78.48 percent share last month.
Microsoft's Bing search wins share from Google
Microsoft Corp's new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday.
NY agrees low-cost power for Yahoo, Sunworks builds
The New York Power Authority agreed on Tuesday to sell low-cost power to Yahoo Inc to build a data canter and to Sunworks Solar LLC to build a solar panel manufacturing plant.
Facebook taps ex-Genentech CFO for finance chief
Internet social network powerhouse Facebook has hired the former chief financial officer of Genentech as its CFO, filing a spot that has been empty for about three months.
Microsoft CEO still open to partnership with Yahoo
Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software group, is still open to a partnership with search engine giant Yahoo Inc, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
Yahoo sees up to $27 million charges for job cuts
Yahoo Inc said it will incur $22 million to $27 million in restructuring charges in the current quarter to account for previously announced layoffs of 5 percent of its staff.
Microsoft's Ballmer says Bing off to good start
Microsoft Corp was off to a good start with its revamped search engine Bing that was launched a few weeks earlier, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
Yahoo hires CFO from Altera
Yahoo Inc on Thursday named Altera Corp's chief financial officer as its finance chief, the latest move by the Internet company to rebuild itself in the image of its new chief executive.
Bad text messaging, e-mailing manners can be costly
A political coup in New York's statehouse can be traced back to an incident in which a top lawmaker so enraged a wealthy backer by peering at e-mails on his BlackBerry that his patron engineered his ouster.
Yahoo names Timothy Morse as new CFO
Yahoo Inc. said late Thursday that Tim
Morse, the former chief financial officer of chip maker Altera Corp., will become its new chief financial officer.
Blackberry Internet Service offers updates
BlackBerry Internet Service, an Internet solution for BlackBerry smartphones, has quietly released an update.
Microsoft gets Bing bump in first week, ComScore says
In the first week since Microsoft's Bing.com went live, traffic to the site has increased into double digits for the first time in two years, but this is only the beginning and time will tell how well the search engine does in the long run.
Microsoft's Bing makes early gains: study
Microsoft Corp is making early gains on Internet search leaders Google Inc and Yahoo Inc with its Bing search engine that launched last week, according to industry data firm comScore.
In downturns, Internet companies look to sell start-ups
Many Internet and media companies that were busy buying start-ups in the boom years could shed assets they no longer deem central to their business, as the recession imposes an age of frugality.
Bing surpasses Yahoo in global search wars
Microsoft's Bing.com search engine surpassed Yahoo to become the number two search on Thursday, one spot behind Google.
In downturns, Internet cos look to sell start-ups
Many Internet and media companies that were busy buying start-ups in the boom years could shed assets they no longer deem central to their business, as the recession imposes an age of frugality.
Yahoo open strategy adds widgets and apps
Yahoo is adding a number of third-party apps and widgets to several of its properties, including the popular Yahoo Mail and My Yahoo services in a bid to increase the appeal of its Website by opening it up to other applications.
Yahoo CEO says no pressure for deal despite Bing
Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz elaborated on her views on a potential Internet search partnership with Microsoft Corp, even as she stressed that Yahoo was not under any pressure to do a deal and downplayed Microsoft's newly-released search engine.
Yahoo CEO details thinking on Microsoft search deal
An Internet search deal between Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp could provide important benefits in scale and yield up to $700 million in cost savings, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said.
Microsoft alone for now as Yahoo search deal stalls
Microsoft unveiled its improved search engine called “Bing” this week and is doing so without the help of Yahoo’s search engine, as negotiations for a possible deal are stalled.
Analyst: Yahoo doing well without Microsoft deal
Yahoo may not be doing so bad by itself without Microsoft, said one analyst in a research note.
Yahoo U.S. content exec latest to quit: memo
A key North American executive has resigned from Yahoo Inc, according to an internal memo on Thursday, becoming the latest senior executive to depart as new management shakes up the Internet giant.


